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to the North Vancouver Arts
Council, who moved it to its
current location next to
Presentation House.

The church which opened
in 1909 housed its congrega-
tion until 1985, when it was
destroyed by fire and replaced
by a new glass building.

A century later, St. John’s

WCB hits
workplace
safety

A North Vancouver
business was among
31 companies included
on the Workers’
Compensation Board
May/June 1999
infraction list.

Clay-Con _ Enterprises
Ltd. was fined $2,500 for
what the WCB described as a
repeat violation of a worker
exposed to a fall hazard in
excess of three metres with-
out the use of fall protection
equipment.

¢ fine was levied in
connection with a Jan. 22,
1996, infraction.

In releasing its recent list
of WCB infractions, WCB
vice-president of prevention
Roberta Ellis said that B.C.
ermployers must make occu-
pational health and safety a
top priority. if they hope to

rotect workers and their

ttom: fine. .

Ellis pointed io the recent
WCB infraction list as evi-
dence that many B.C. com-
panies are not doing cnough
to safeguard their workers.

The board’s infraction list
for May/June 1999 included
_. .81-companies fined a range

- of $1,500 to $56,000 for
~ violations that included
: improper lockcut, exposure
to’a fire/explovion, excava-
‘tion’ violations and infrac-
tions related tc powerline
° Contact.
‘' Almost one-third of the
_€ompanies were fined for
Tack of fall protection, and
seven of those were assessed
penalties for repeatedly fail-
ing to provide fall protec-
tion.
~ Ellis said that companies
must change from a reactive
__ Management system to a
proactive management sys-
tem in which occupational
health and safety is accorded
the same attention as other
aspects of business.
Beginning in 2000, a new
‘WCB rating ass¢ssment sys-
tem that encourages and
- rewards workplace safety
through financial incentives
will come into effect. The
roposed system, which will
have greater discounts and
surcharges than the current
plan, will reward employers
who consistently have better
than average claim costs, and
penalize those that do not.
“This new system will be
more equitable and reward
companies that make safery a
priority,” said Sid Fattedad,
WCB vice-president, finance.
The WCB has many sup:
port services available to help
workers and employers work
safely and comply with the
Occupational Health and
Safety Regulation. For more
information contact your
local. WCB prevention office
2 Of the ,prevention:,informa-...

tion line at 276-3100..'.°.'.".'

organized a homecoming
dinner Saturday, to which all
those who have ever had a
connection with the church
were invited. Brian Mahon,
the son of Edward Mahon,
travelled from his home in
Seattle to be a special guest of
honour.

Former parishioners from
around the provinee returned
for the dinner, which was also

attended by representatives of
other churches (St. Richard’s,
St. Agnes, St. Clements, St.
Martin’s, and St. Catherine’s
were all offshoots of the orig-
inal church), and of social
services organizations sup-
ported by St. John’s over the
years.

“Outreach services are
central to what we do at St.
John’s,” says Beth Lawrence,

who has been a member of
the parish since 1943. “Social
services for local people is a
major focus for us.”

Social services organiza-
tions which began life at St.
John’s before being taken
over by the public health sys-
tem include a local branch of
Alcoholics Anonymous, the
Emily Murphy House (a tran-
sition house for battered

Wednesday, August 4, 1999 — North Shore News — 47

Church has always supported outreach programs

women now called Sage
House), and the Well Baby
Clinic.

Lawrence, whose family

has attended St. John’s since’

1908, is also the author of a
book about the church enti-
tled Faithful People of God.
“That's the reason [ got so
involved,” she says. “My
grandparents came to. this
church, and my parents. My

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here and married here.”
“It’s known as the friend-
fiest church on the North
Shore,” says —_ long-time
parishioner Dorothy Camp
“We welcome strangers, as
well as our own. There’s a
warm feeling in the church.”
For more information
about St. John’s call the
church office at 986-1151.

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